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Harry Truman: When taxpayers' funds are invested to produce power, the benefits of that power ought to be made widely available to…

On the recordJune 10, 1951
When taxpayers' funds are invested to produce power, the benefits of that power ought to be made widely available to people who need it, at the lowest possible rates consistent with sound business principles.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Letter to Senator Hayden on the Effect of Certain House Amendments on Hydroelectric Power Policy.

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